D.C. United Academy Update: April 9, 2014

The D.C. United U-14s were the only academy team in action this weekend as they took on the Richmond Kickers on Saturday, April 5.

The U-14s defeated the Richmond Kickers 2-0 this Saturday after losing to them 1-0 earlier in the season. The Black-and-Red went up 1-0 in the 18th minute after an own goal by the Kickers. SahrFelix Sandy (Woodbridge, Va.; Prince William Soccer Inc.) added the second and final goal in the 58th minute to give United the 2-0 win.

“I thought we had a very good first half and we were able to dictate the flow of the match from the beginning,” said D.C. United U-14 Head Coach Jonathan Frias. “Our back line dealt with counter attacks very well, and we were balanced in our attack. We created numerous chances in the match and were able to capitalize at the right moments.”

D.C. United U-14 Man of the Match—Luke Campbell

“Luke had a very good game. He completely commanded our back line,” said Frias. “We were able to deal with counter attacks because of our organization in the back and he was pretty clean in his distribution to start our build-up.”

Generation adidas Cup:

A group of 20 D.C. United players born in 1997/98 will be traveling to Frisco, Texas, April 13-20, to play in the consolation round of the Generation adidas Cup. They have been placed in the domestic group with six other MLS academy teams including: Sporting Kansas City, Portland Timbers, Chivas USA, Chicago Fire, Montreal Impact and Houston Dynamo. D.C. United will play five of those teams at Toyota Soccer Center throughout the week.

The Generation adidas Cup is Major League Soccer’s annual elite youth tournament for U-17 academy teams. All MLS teams are divided into three regions and play in two qualifying events. They then compete in the national event April 13-20 alongside international teams.